According to sources close to the actress, she was shot dead by stray bullets from militants,"I meet Aishat few years ago when she was an housemate of next moviestar,This news has ruined my holidays as Aishat loved her family to a fault even giving up her Acting career to take care of her children,I saw her last at Sen Solomon daughter wedding.i am sad please let's pray her daughter who was kidnapped is found alive,This is just too much. Rip Aishat balogun Abiose' a source wrote.

A Facebook user by the name, Segun Fajol also shared the story on twitter, stating that his friend's wife was killed by armed armed robbers during a robbery in traffic on Ikorodu Road, Lagos on Friday December 16th.